Table-desk.



C. BIRELY.

TABLE DESK.

v APPLIQATION FILED AUG. 17, 190e.

' 91 5,066. yantea Mar. 16, 1909.

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:36 connected thereto by hinges 37.

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CHARLES BIRELY. Ol1 SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DAVIS-BIRELY TABLE CO., OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

TABLE-DESK.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 16, 1909.

Application filed August 17, 1908. Serial No. A148,932.

To all fathom 'it *may concern.

citizen of the lfnitcd States, residing at Shelg top is l'lush with the top edge of the drawer Be it known that I, CHARLES BrRnLr, a i

byville, in the county of Shelby and State of f? indiana, here invented certain new and useful Improve:nents in Table-Desks, of which the following' is a specification.' v

prese` it invention relates to that class of d sis wl'ii'eh are in general forni of a table, wherein the dest; leat1 (or portion upon which the writing is done) constitutes also cover for a drawer 3 and it consists in various improvements whereby the construction is simpliiied and cheapened, andthe elliciency i and convenience increased, as will be herein after more described claimed.

Referring to the `acc impanying driwxings, which are made a pai hereof, and on which similar reference cha 'ters represent similar parts, Figure i i table-desk of the che y' r in question einbodying my present impro vements; Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical sectional View of the particularly Y and .u er iortion oi2 thestrncture showinv the parts in closed position by means of full ines, andV in open p" iition by means ot dotted lines, FigA 3 a transverse vertical sectional View :it .the point indicated by the dotted line I3 in lig. 2, Fig. #l a detail plan sectional View, as seen from the point indicated by the dotted line l 4; in 2, Vof one ot the rear corners ol' the drawer and iininediately adjacent inurl-sd" 5 a perspective View ot the metal guide and lock, and Fig. 6 a. detail sectional View of an alternative construction, showing the application of an anti-friction roller.

` The trible-top 25, its legs 26, the inclosingr side pieces 27, :ind the bearers 28, are or may be ol' any usual or desired -forni or construction.

The drawer comprises an ordinary liront 31, bottom and rear wall The sides 34 are similar to ordinary .drawer-sides, except that they project farther be rond the back wall of the drawer than is usua and are cut away at'their upper edges to receive the hinged lealc or drawer top. The drawer is 'pro'irided with a. top consisting of permanent portion 35 and a hinged or leaf portion This hinged or leaf portion when closed rests on the upper edges' of the sides where they are out away, and in the construction shown its iers-pecti've View of a' front 3l. The hinges 37 should be set so that they will be substantially lush with the upper. side of the parts to'which they tre atf tnched, in order not to obstruct the movement of the drawer in being moved in and out. An inl; well 38 should be secured in a suitable perforation in the part 35, a short distance back oi the hinge line between the parts 35 and 36.

As best shown in Fig. 3 there are no guides alongside the drawer, above the bearers 2S, such as is common in drawer construction. Instead, metal guides 4i are secured to the rearwardly projecting portions of the sides 34 of the drawer, and extend down past the inner faces of the bearers, thus rendering the ordinary guides (usually embodied in the frame of the table) unnecessary. These guides also have lips 42 which turn under the bearers, and thus serve, when the drawer is pulled ont, as supports for holding the iront end of the drawer from being too much deh pressed. These guides are also provided with hook-shaped portions 43, which engage with suitable pins or screws 44, which are inserted in the adjacent edges of the bearers at a point su'lliciently behind their'` front ends to stop the drawer at the desired point, and pre- 'vent it from being withdrawn from the structure. The upper surfaces of, the lower members of said hooks are also'inclined, and thus serve, when they come in contact with the pins 44, to draw the drawer-structure down tightly against the bearers,preventing all lost motion, which might otherwise be present. '.lhe result is, when the drawer is pulled ont to its lull extent, that it is held Very firmly and rigidly, which is Very desirable in a structure Upon which writing is to be done.

il-hile I consider it to be unnecessary, it is possible to )rovide this structure with anti-`riction rollers, or the like, as illustratedin the alternative construction shown in l? i g. o', where l have extended the lip 42 su'l'liciently to re( ive a pin' or roller 5l.

Ylaying thus Jfully described my said invention, what l claim as new, end desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

, I. The combination, in an article or" fur ture, with the top, legs and bearers, oi drawer resting on said bearers lievi-ngv prolongedsides, and metal guidessecured to the extended portions of the sides and prolll) jecting down alongside theinner faces of the bearers,`saidguides having lips extending under the bottoms of the bearers and serving as sup orts when the drawer is drawn out.

2. he combination, in an article of furniture, with the top, legs and bearers, of a drawer resting on said bearers having prolonged sides, metal guides secured to the extended portions of the sides and projecting down alongsidethe inner faces of the bearers, said guides having hook-shaped portions, and pins inserted in the bearers With which said hook-shaped portions will engage when the drawer is drawn out to the predetermined point. 3. The combination, in an, article of furniture, with the top, legs and bearers, of a drawer resting on said bearers having prolonged sides7 metal guides secured to the extended portions of the sides and projecting down alongside the inner faces of the bearers7 said guides having lips extending under the bottoms of the bearers and serving as supports when the drawer is drawn out, said guides also having hook-shaped portions, and pins inserted 1n the bearers with which said hook-shaped portions will engage when the drawer is drawn out to the predetermined point. V

a 4. The combination, in an article of furniture, with the top7 legs and bearers, ,of a

drawer resting on said bearers, projections extending from saidA bearers below said drawer,`and guides secured to vthe sides of the drawer 4and projecting down alongside the inner faces of the bearers, -said guides having hook-shaped portions with inclined surfaces adapted to come in contact with the projections on the guides when the drawer isi drawn out to the predetermined point and thereby hold the drawer against the bearers by a wedging action.

5. Th-combination. in an article of furniture, with the top, legs and bearers, of a drawer resting on said bearers, guides seportions will engage when the drawer is` drawn out to the predetermined 1point.

6. The combination, in an artic e of furnii ture7 with the top, legs and bearers, of a drawer resting on sald bearers,gu1des secured to the rear portionsy of the sides o f the drawer and projecting down alongside the inner faces of the bearers, said guides having lips extending under the bottoms of the bearers and serving as supports when the drawer is drawn' out, said guides having also hooks shaped portions; and ins inserted in the bearers'with which said hook-shaped portions will engage when the drawer is drawn out to the predetermined point.

7. The combination, in an article of furniture, with the top, legs and bearers, of-a drawer, resting on said bearers, and guides securedto the rear portions of the sides of the drawer and projecting down alongside the inner faces of the bearers, said drawer having a cover composed of a station ary portion and a lifting ortion hinged thereto, said lifting portion down behind and flush with the front of the drawer, substantially as shown and descrilwd. ln witness whereofJ l, have hereunto ser my hand and sea'l at Winona Lake, indiana, this 13th day of August, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eight.

CHARLES BIRELY. iL. s] Witnesses C. R ERBAUGH, M. B. TnRAsnnn.

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